Photograph. U.S. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur walking with a group of military officers through a swampy area. Official Caption: "Rome. 7/9/45--MacArthur on Borneo--U.S. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur, Commander of Allied Military Forces in the Pacific, leads a group of officers through a swampy area during an inspection of the allied beachhead on the northwest coast of Borneo. Just behind General MacArthur are Air Vice Marshal William D. Bostock (L), Royal Australian Air Force Commander, and General George C. Kenney, Commander of the Allied Far East Air Forces. Allied landings May 1 at Tarakan and June 10 at Brunei Bay were followed by a third landing July 1 at Balikpapan and the capture five days later of that Borneo oil center, one of the richest in the world.--Army Photo through Rome OWI--Approved by appropriate military authority. 7040." Borneo, Indonesia. 9 July 1945